like a fiend

idiom

chiefly US, informal
used to say that someone does a lot of something
She's been working like a fiend.He smokes like a fiend.

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“Like a fiend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20a%20fiend. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.

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